The committee
met on 17 April to consider the 2012/13 financial review of
Mighty River Power, Petition 2011/95 of Carol Beaumont and
1,015 others, Petition 2011/96 of David Holm and 1,801
others, and the report of the Controller and Auditor-General
Discussion paper: Learning from public entities’ use of
social media.

The committee will not meet over the
Easter adjournment, and will next meet on 8 May to consider
the 2012/13 financial reviews of the Broadcasting Commission
and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, to consider the
Accounting Infrastructure Reform Bill, and consider and hear
evidence on the 2012/13 financial review of Radio New
Zealand.

Education and Science

The
committee met on 16 April to hear further evidence on its
inquiry into engaging parents into the education of their
children. The committee also considered the Education
Amendment Bill (No 2), submissions on which close on 30
April 2014, and the briefing from Science New Zealand.

The
committee will meet on 7 May in Wellington and on 9 May in
Auckland to hear evidence on the Education Amendment Bill
(No 2).

Finance and Expenditure

The
committee met on 16 April when it further considered the
2012/13 financial review of the Earthquake Commission, and
the petitions of Deidre Kent and 877 others and of Penelope
Bright and 13 others. The Committee also further considered
the Inquiry into the mid-term meeting of the Australasian
Council of Public Accounts Committees (ACPAC), Melbourne,
Victoria, 20 June 2014 and the report of the Controller and
Auditor-General, The Auditor-General’s Auditing
Standards 2014.

The committee will next meet on 7
May.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Trade

The committee met on 16 April when it
further considered the 2012/13 financial review of New
Zealand Antarctic Institute. The committee also considered
the International treaty examination of the UNESCO
Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of
Qualifications in Higher Education.

The committee met on
17 April when it received a briefing on the ratification of
the Arms Trade Treaty.

The committee will next meet on 8
May.

Government Administration

The
committee did not meet this week.

The committee will meet
next on 7 May.

Health

The Health
Committee met on 16 April 2014 when it heard evidence on the
Smoke-free Environment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Amendment
Bill and further considered the Briefing on matters relating
to the inquiry into improving child health outcomes and
preventing child abuse with a focus from preconception until
three years of age.

The Health Committee will next meet on
7 May 2014, in Auckland, when it will hear evidence on the
Smoke-free Environment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Amendment
Bill.

Justice and Electoral

This week
the committee heard evidence on the Inquiry into the 2013
local authority elections, and considered the Human Rights
Amendment Bill, the Objectionable Publications and Indecency
Legislation Bill, the Harmful Digital Communications Bill
and the Judicature Modernisation Bill.

The committee will
not be meeting next week.

Law and Order

The Law and Order Committee met on 16 April 2014
to consider the 2012/13 financial review of the Independent
Police Conduct Authority.

The committee will meet on 7
May 2014 to consider the Parole Amendment Bill.

Local Government and Environment

The
committee met on 17 April to consider the Local Government
Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 3), the Building
(Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill, the Kaikoura
(Te Tai-o-Marokura) Marine Management Bill, and the Manukau
City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified
Places) Bill. It also heard evidence on the Report from the
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Water
quality in New Zealand: Land use and nutrient pollution.

The committee is currently calling for submissions on the
Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill, the
Environment Reporting Bill, and the Kaikōura (Te
Tai-o-Marokura) Marine Management Bill. The bills all have
the closing date for submissions of 17 April 2014.

The
committee will next meet on 5 May.

Māori Affairs

The Māori Affairs Committee met this week to
further consider the Te Urewera-Tūhoe Bill. The committee
also heard from Paul Hamer regarding the briefing on New
Zealanders living in Australia.

The committee will next
meet on 7 May to consider the 2012/13 financial review of Te
Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi (the Māori Broadcasting Funding
Agency).

Primary Production

The
committee met on 17 April to deliberate on the Food
Bill.

The committee will next meet on 8 May when it will
consider the Animal Welfare Amendment
Bill.

Privileges

The committee met on
16 April 2014 to consider the Parliamentary Privilege Bill,
and other items of business before it.

The committee will
next meet on 7 May 2014.

Regulations Review

The committee met on 17 April to consider the
complaint regarding the Canterbury Earthquake (Building Act)
Order 2011, and hear evidence on the inquiry into oversight
of disallowable instruments that are not legislative
instruments. The committee continued its scrutiny of
various legislative instruments and disallowable instruments
that are not legislative instruments.

The committee will
next meet on 7 May to consider its briefing on the
Productivity Commission’s inquiry into Regulatory
institutions and practices. The committee will meet on 8 May
to hear further evidence on the inquiry into oversight of
disallowable instruments that are not legislative
instruments, and to consider the complaint regarding the
Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental
Effects-Permitted Activities) Regulations 2013. The
committee will continue its scrutiny of various legislative
instruments and disallowable instruments that are not
legislative instruments.

Social Services

The committee met on 16 April to consider the
2012/13 financial review of Housing New Zealand Corporation
and to hear further submissions on its inquiry into the
funding of specialist sexual violence social services. The
meeting was open to the public during the public hearings of
evidence on the inquiry. Submitters include TOAH-NNEST
Tauiwi Prevention Project, Tauiwi Caucus, as well as the
TOAH NNEST Tauiwi Caucus Executive Committee, Counselling
Services Centre, Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust
(Christchurch), Nga Kaitiaki Mauri, SOS Kaipara, Rape Crisis
Dunedin, Women's Health Action Trust, Louise Nicholas, and
the National Collective of Rape Crisis and Related Groups
Aotearoa.

The committee is not meeting during the Easter
adjournment.

The committee is scheduled to next meet on 7
May to consider the Social Security (Clothing Allowances for
Orphans and Unsupported Children) Amendment Bill, and to
consider and hear further submissions on its inquiry into
the funding of specialist sexual violence social services.
The meeting will be open to the public from 10.00am –
1.00pm during the public hearings of evidence on the
inquiry. Submitters will include Women’s Self Defence
Network Wahine Toa, WellStop Gisborne, Rape Crisis (Hawkes
Bay), Wellington Sexual Abuse HELP
Foundation.

Standing Orders

The
committee met in the evening of 15 April to consider the
Review of Standing Orders, and will continue to do so at its
next meeting, on 6 May. This review traditionally takes
place in the months prior to a general election with a view
to changes in procedure being adopted for the next term of
Parliament.

Transport and Industrial Relations

The committee met on 17 April 2014 to consider
the Land Transport Amendment Bill and the Immigration Bill
(No 2). The committee also heard evidence on the Report of
the Controller and Auditor-General: Immigration New Zealand:
Supporting new migrants to settle and work.

The committee
will next meet on 8 May.

Closing dates for
submissions

Committees are receiving submissions
on the following items with the closing date
shown:

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